Rinne was given Saturday night off after stopping all 31 shots that he faced in a 2-0 win over the Jets on Friday. Rinne is back in elite form to start 2014-15. After a rough 2013-14 due to injuries, he is 3-0-1 with a 1.23 GAA and .948 SV%. He is a must-start tonight with the Arizona Coyotes in town.
Muzzin has yet to play this season, but is nearing a return. He said he will not rush back just because of Slava Voynov's arrest, but he still feels like he is ready to make his season debut on Thursday.
Torres' knee injury kept him out of all but 12 regular season and playoff games last year. In August, general manager Doug Wilson said a second surgery would be needed because of an infection that required the removal of the first ACL replacement. Now, however, everyone involved has decided that Torres will take a different approach in returning to the ice.The team did not set a timetable for Torres's return, though Wilson indicated that it should be less than if the veteran forward had undergone a second operation.
Gudas has been out since October 13 and will miss his fourth straight game tonight. He was moved to IR to make room for the Lightning to recall Mike Blunden. He is eligible to be activated from IR whenever he is healthy.
Coyotes head coach Dave Tippet said Hanzal is receiving treatment today and could possibly join the team on their current road trip. He remains day-to-day.
Coyle was practicing on a line with Thomas Vanek and Mikko Koivu in Tuesday's practice. So far this season Coyle has one goal and one assist in four games. The move to the second line should provide some extra scoring chances and increased minutes.
Allen allowed a single goal on 25 shots in a win over the Coyotes last Saturday. Tonight will mark his second start of the year as the Blues have split the starts 70/30 in Brian Elliott's favour. Tonight he will face a Canucks team who were shelled by the Stars on Tuesday. Allen will continue to carve our a larger role if he plays well.
Luongo stopped all 26 shots he faced in a 1-0 shutout win over the Sabres on Friday. He was given Saturday night off so there is little surprise that he will start tonight. He has allowed just one goal in his last two games after giving up eight in his first two starts.
With a multitude of injuries in Carolina right now, they have to put Murphy on the win until they get healthy. Murphy has one assist while playing 21:09 per night in three games so far.
Berra stopped 27 of 28 shots in a 2-1 win over the Bruins in his first start of the season. Berra has stopped 37 of 38 shots on the season (.974 SV%) and gets a beauty of a matchup tonight vs. the NHL's lowest scoring team. The Panthers have just five goals in five games.
Dubnyk stopped 24 of 26 shots in a win over the L.A Kings in his only start of the season. Despite beating the Cup Champs, Dubnyk has sat for three of four games, while Mike Smith struggles. Tonight he will face his former team in Nashville. The Predators currently rank 21st in the NHL in scoring (2.40 G/PG).
Coburn has missed the last four games with a lower-body injury but was once again on the ice with the Flyers this morning. He originally skated on the fourth pair, which suggests he won't play, but then participated in penalty kill drills which suggests otherwise. So, we will have to wait until pregame warmups.
Sekac will be replaced by Dale Weise tonight. Sekac played a season-low 8:19 on Saturday and will sit tonight after scoring one goal with a minus-4 rating in the first six games of his NHL career.
Sekera missed just one game after a scary collision with the end-boards last week. He will be back on the top-pair with Justin Faulk. He has two assists and a minus-2 rating in three games this season.
Skinner missed the first four games of the season with a concussion he suffered in the preseason, but he will play tonight vs. the Jets. Skinner is an elite goal scorer and that was evidenced by his 33 goals in 71 games last season. He will skate on a line with Victor Rask and Elias Lindholm in his season debut.
Dubnyk stopped 24 of 26 shots in a win over the L.A Kings in his only start of the season. Despite beating the Cup Champs, Dubnyk has sat for three of four games, while Mike Smith struggles. Tonight he will face his former team in Nashville. The Predators currently rank 21st in the NHL in scoring (2.40 G/PG).
Khudobin stopped 33 of 34 shots in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Rangers last Thursday. He has allowed a total of five goals on 65 shots (.923 SV%) in his first two starts. He draws a great matchup tonight vs. the Jets and the Hurricanes should get a boost with Jeff Skinner returning to the lineup.
The Kings could really use Muzzin back after Slava Voynov was suspended indefinitely on Monday. The Kings don't play until Thursday, so there is a good chance that Muzzin will be ready to go.
Mason was pulled after allowed four goals on 18 shots in the Flyers comeback win over the Stars on Saturday. Despite Ray Emery leading them to the W, the Flyers will go back to Mason tonight in Chicago. He is still searching for his first win of the season, but it won't come easy tonight on the road vs. the Hawks.
Engelland missed the last three games with a lower-body injury he suffered last week. He will replace Raphael Diaz in the lineup and skate on the third pairing with Ladislav Smid. He has averaged 17:58 TOI in his first four games in Calgary.
